Improvement in horse-tail protectors



A. WEIDB. Horse-Tamily Protector.

NPHRS. PHOTO-LITHDGMFHEH, WASNINGTQN, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE# A,

ALEXANDER WEIDE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-TAIL PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,737, dated November 5, 1878; application filed May 7, 1878. l

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER WETDE, of

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification1 in which- Figure l represents the protector placed over the horses tail and attached to the harness, and Fig. 2 an elevation of the protector While spread ont.

The nature of my invention relates to an attachment to a harness for the purpose of protectin g the horses tail against coming into contact with the mud and manure and for preventing the hair of the tail from becoming entangled; and it consists of a bag made of netting provided with a long fringe, which is put over the tail of the horse and is buckled to the harness crupper-loop. K

In the drawing, a is a bag made of netting, one side of which is partly 'split open, so as to enable an easy attachment over the horses tail, and the edges of which have a ribbon binding, by which it is suspended. b are fringes pendent from the sides and bottom of said bag for better appearance and for holding away the flies by the horses motions. c are short straps attached to the upper binding, each provided with a buckle, d, for coupling with small billets e attached to the crupperloop E of the harness. This bag is put over the horses tail, with the split-open side forward, and is suspended to the crupper E of the harness by the straps c, bein g crosswisebuckled with the billets e.

By this attachment the tail is kept clear of the mud and manure without affecting the horses motions; and, as a Well-grown tail is one of the beauties of a horse, this protector will assist in fostering the saine.

What I claim as my invention is rlhe herein-described horse-tail protector, consisting of Y bag a, fringes b, straps c, and buckles d, all constructed and arranged to be attached to the harness substantially as and in the manner set forth.

ALEXANDER WEIDE. Witnesses: i

EMIL H. FEOMMANN, Louis KLINOKERFUER. 

